Webster's Dictionary 1913

4105

Picariæ

‖Pi‐ca″ri‐æ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmot...

4106

Picarian

Pi‐ca″ri‐an (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Picariæ. — n. One of the Picariæ.

4107

Picaroon

Pic′a‐roon″ (?), n. [Sp. picaron, aug. of picaro roguish, n., a rogue.] One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. Sir W. T...

4108

Picayune

Pic′a‐yune″ (?), n. A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.

4109

Picayunish

Pic′a‐yun″ish (?), a. Petty; paltry; mean; as, a picayunish business.

4110

Piccadil

{ Pic″ca‐dil (?), Pic′ca‐dil″ly (?), } n. [OF. piccagilles the several divisions of pieces fastened together about the brim of the collar of a doublet, a dim. fr. Sp. picado, p....

4111

Piccage

Pic″cage (?), n. [LL. piccadium, fr. F. piquer to prick.] (O. Eng. Law) Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths. Ainsworth.

4112

Piccalilli

Pic″ca‐lil′li (?), n. A pickle of various vegetables with pungent species, — originally made in the East Indies.

4113

Piccolo

‖Pic″co‐lo (?), n. 1. (Mus.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.2. (Mus.) A small upright piano.3. (Mus.) An ...

4114

Pice

Pice (?), n. [Hind. paisā] A small copper coin of the East Indies, worth less than a cent. Malcom.

4115

Picea

‖Pic″e‐a (?), n. [L., the pitch pine, from pix, picis, pitch.] (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere, including the Norway spruce and the American black a...

4116

Picene

Pi″cene (?), n. [See Piceous.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C�H�) extracted from the pitchy residue of coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance.

4117

Piceous

Pic″e‐ous (?), a. [L. piceus, fr. pix, picis, pitch.] Of or pertaining to pitch; resembling pitch in color or quality; pitchy.

4118

Pichey

Pi″chey (?), n.(Zoöl.) A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo. [Written also pichiy.]

4119

Pichiciago

‖Pi′chi‐ci‐a″go (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. [Writte...

4120

Pichurim bean

Pich″u‐rim bean′ (?). (Bot.) The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, — sometimes used medicina...

4121

Pici

‖Pi″ci (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.

4122

Piciform

Pi″ci‐form (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Piciformes.

4123

Piciformes

‖Pic′i‐for″mes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Picus, and -Form.] (Zoöl.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other relate...

4124

Picine

Pi″cine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the woodpeckers (Pici), or to the Piciformes.

4125

Pick

Pick (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Picked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Picking.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. pique...

4126

Pick (2)

Pick (pĭk), v. i. 1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore? Dryden.2. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attend...

4127

Pick (3)

Pick, n. [F. pic a pickax, a pick. See Pick, and cf. Pike.] 1. A sharp-pointed tool for picking; — often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.2. (Mining & Mech.) A h...

4128

Pick-fault

Pick″–fault′ (?), n. One who seeks out faults.

4129

Pick-me-up

Pick″–me–up′, n. A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer.

4130

Pick-up

{ Pick″–up, orPick″up′ }, n. 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.2. That which picks up; specif.: (Ele...

4131

Pickaback

Pick″a‐back′ (pĭk″ȧ‐băk′), adv. On the back or shoulders; as, to ride pickback. [Written also pickapack, pickback, and pickpack.]A woman stooping to take a child pickaback. R. J...